3. THAT IS A BIG ROSE BUSH
The largest rose bush/tree in the world sits in Tombstone. What started out as a clipping sent from a woman in Scotland to friends in Arizona grew to 8,000 square feet.
It is so big (how big is it?) that it was put on a trellis. The rose tree, a Lady Banks species, was planted in 1855 near a shed at a boarding house. The boading house was eventually turned into a hotel and that was renamed the Rose Tree Inn in 1936.
Now the site is a museum and the Devere family sells cuttings from the Shady Lady, as the tree is called.
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4. NOT EXACTLY RIBBIT
The official state amphibian is a tree frog. Who doesn't think of Arizona and amphibians? Schoolkids came up with the designation in the mid-1980s.
5. SAVE THE SAGUARO
It's against the law in Arizona to purposefully cut down, hack or otherwise ruin a saguaro cactus or other native plants. You can be fined up to $500 a day for moving a saguaro around town without a permit.
And, then there are idiots like me who just can't not touch a cactus. It's a painful thing I do. Looks like I would learn after awhile. BUT NO!!!
--RoadCactusToucher
